"36 THE EARLY MALAYS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS 



collection of monographs has gradually appeared which con- 

 stitutes almost the first scientific attempt to penetrate 

 the mystery that shrouds the origin of the present inhabitants 

 of the Philippines and their cultural sources. 



Malay Origins. 



Among the most recent of these publications, though 

 relating to the earliest period, are those 3 compiled by the in- 

 genious Professor of History in the University of the Philip- 

 pines, — Austin Craig- — who is also known for his painstaking 

 and authoritative life of Rizal, 4 and other works. His 

 pamphlet on "Malays" is largely extracted from a work 5 

 by General Forlong which deals with the origin of the Malay 

 race and its primitive religious ideas. Like Dr. Saleeby, 6 

 General Forlong believes that the Malays originated on the 

 Asiatic mainland (the latter holding that they entered India 

 from the north) and long remained under the influence of 

 Indian civilization. This general theory finds abundant 

 philological evidence in its .favor and in addition to that 

 mentioned by General Forlong much more might be cited 

 from the Philippine languages. 



The pioneer in this interesting field appears to have been 

 Dr. Kern, Professor of Sanscrit in the University of Leyden, 

 who, in 1881, published the results of his observations on the 

 presence of Sanscrit words in Bisaya and Tagalog. As re- 

 gards the latter, Dr. T. H. Pardo de Tavera, a member of 

 the Philippine Academy, took up the same line of investi- 

 gation a few years later. 7 The presence of Sanscrit words in 

 other Philippine languages was noticed by still another and 

 charter member of the Academy and recently chosen as its 

 Chancellor — Dr. David P. Barrows. 8 But it was reserved 

 for Dr. Saleeby to carry this fascinating investigation to the 

 farthest extent yet reached. Selecting as his particular 

 subject the Magindanaw language of the south Philippines 



3 The Pre-Spanish Philippines, by Austin Craig, (Manila, 1914) ; 

 Particulars of the Philippines' Pre-Spanish Past, by the same author, 

 (Manila, 1916) ; Malays, by the same author, (Manila, 1916). 



4 Manila (Philippine Education Company), 1913. 



5 Short Studies in the Science of Comparative Religions. 



6 Origin of the Malayan Filipinos, Academy Publications I, 1, 37. 



7 See his monographs El Sanscrito en la lengua tagalog. (Paris, 

 1887, 55 pp.) ; Consideraciones sobre el origen del nombre de los 

 numeros en tagalog (Manila, 1889,, 26 pp.). 



8 History of the Philippines, 92, 93. Dr. Barrows also found "a 

 few Sanskrit or Indian words" in the Ilongot language of North Luzon. 

 See his "Ilongot or Ibilaw," Popular Science monthly, (December, 

 1910) LXXVII, 537. 



